EC Workshop 18 March 2010

Intelligent transport systems For Urban Areas

EMTA is a forum for the exchange of information, research and experience between the public transport authorities responsible for planning, integrating and financing public transport services in the largest cities across Europe. It was created in 1998 at the initiative of the STIF.

EMTA, regularly contributes to the European Commission consultation exercises, and takes opportunities to voice its concerns to European Institutions

32 members across 17 European Countriesand a partner institution in Canada

1. ITS Platform

Platform Governance:

Objective is to ensure sustainable mobility, achieving modal

shift. The goal is a better mobility for the citizens making

sound on the spot choices any time of the day. All modes and all

aspects of mobility must be covered.

Build on existing experience in the various transport networks

and enhance open interfaces, standards for interoperability, and

collaboration between responsible authorities on a given

territory.

Enlarged to all stakeholders decision-makers, transport operators

and ICT service providers, industry sector and end users for

they need to hear each other.

2. ITS Platform

Platform Governance:

Draw an overarching ITS architecture including all modes, all

aspects of mobility and all related responsible bodies.

Foster cooperation between local and regional authorities and

between mode related authorities (sea, air, road and rail)

Cross-border interoperability to be supported by EC in developing

open-standards

Work on minimum standards at EU level for data specification.

3. Travel and traffic information

Knowledge on public transport multimodal integrated travel information

is common but integration with traffic info needs to be enhanced (data

collection format, update and maintenance of info)

More advanced integrated experience exist (GOVI project PT info

without frontiers), or Collaboration between VBB Berlin-Brandenburg and

ZTM Warsaw for an integrated travel planner.

More advanced technology currently in application through mobile

phones.

Need for open-standards and/or open-protocol on technical and content

level. INSPIRE Directive into force but not completed for PT notably

the problem of shared PT stops.

Need for an operator independent and customer oriented provider of info

4. Smart-ticketing

Again several examples of implemented smart-ticketing schemes

across Europe

Very useful tool for managing all sorts of data on operational

and financial aspects and for knowing better travel patterns

Interoperability from a network to another ”seamless” travel

isn’t ensured. Good example in the Netherlands but the path was

difficult.

Compatibility means barriers to overcome at regional, national

and in the future international level. The issue is an economic

as well as a political one

5. Smart Ticketing

Example of standardisation issues applied to E-ticketing specifications: sustainability, interoperability, and modularity are main advantages however not all stakeholders agree and barriers have to be overcome as shown below. Source EMTA study on E-Ticketing in Public Transport 2007 see www.emta.com /publication

6. Traffic and access management

Schemes such as Congestion charging or low-emission zones, parking spaces

monitoring, public bike rental facilities etc.. Are more and more in use across

European cities. They imply a good coordination between different administrations

(road administration, public transport authorities…)

Data collection relies on good collaboration between actors.

Provision is effective if constantly updated and easily accessible. Service

provider must be customer oriented.

Cros

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